I was trying to open a socket connection and have it connect to a irc server..but then i releazied i didnt know crap about sockets or what to do..can someone point me in the right direction?

Well obviously /help sockets first to get a basic feel, I assume you've done that already! You might try Jagfire's socket tutorial it's pretty good. Also mIRCscripts.org have a number of tutorials which may come in handy (That socket bot seems particularly applicable here).

Hope this starts you off

Regards,

Yup, i've done /help sockets already, adn i'll look at those sites. Thanks Mentality

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